It was a world armed with weapons so deadly that only the fear of retaliation kept the peace.

Another reason that bosses do not fire some problem employees is from a fear of retaliation.

A fear of retaliation was the main French reason.

Those who wanted to speak out about crime kept silent in fear of retaliation.

In the end, independent thought and expression may be curbed by fear of retaliation.

The reason, they said, was in large part a fear of retaliation.

But the joy in the community was tempered by a fear of white retaliation.

He said "fear of retaliation by the Bush administration" had also made some states reluctant.

It is probably true that fear of retaliation kept Iraq from using chemical weapons against coalition forces during the gulf war.

To do so, they must feel confident that they can take action without fear of retaliation.